New Trailsman design FINALY started

blgoode

blgoode

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Here is a large knife I have been excited about for some time. Since I started mine I have also started one for a Blade formite.

TAke a look and see what you think. Both 5/32" 0-1 with 5.5" blade length.

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Burnseys

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Mine

Can you spot the first and second temper line?
 
keep you posted!! Hope to glue up teh handles today and shape them next week.
 
Well I got more done than I thought. Man this feels good!! A great backpacking knief for sure.
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Well I got more done than I thought. Man this feels good!! A great backpacking knief for sure.
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I think this will be a repeat design ;)
 
blgoode said:
I think this will be a repeat design
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As it well deserves to be IMHO. :D Its beauty, of which it has plenty, I suspect belies a VERY practical tool for camp chores. Very nice design, well executed! At a touch over 1/8" thick & with what looks like full flat grinds, I bet it is a slicing demon.

What is the handle material? Purpleheart perhaps?
 
That is an awesome design. It looks like a lot of knife packed into a mid sized package. Your designs are excellent!
 
Thanks TKnife. I am happy with this package. On to larger ones :) I have one chopper thats a 7" blade and I hope the temper came out as nice in it!
I do have a fondness for small ones too.
Brian
 
Here is what I like about the handle. Keep in mind that a knife without a finger cutout will be shaped a little different. This shape (for me) gives me a cumfortable and controlled choke up grip. I extended the handle and left it more bulbous so that you can choke back on the handle for chopping and still have a reassuring grip. This gifes the 5.5" blade about 2" more reach so you can do larger jobs with a smaller blade.
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Thanks for looking.
 
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